ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend Athletic Department continues to celebrate NCAA Division III Week with recognizing the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Academic All-Conference Team, Peak Performers and Chi Alpha Sigma members.
Across the conference, more the 900 student-athletes achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.2 of higher as of the Fall 2017 semester, earning the distinction of being named Academic All-Conference. The Lions honored 131 student-athletes across 24 varsity sports for Academic All-AMCC, while 65 were tabbed Peak Performers by earning a GPA of 3.5 of higher.
A special subset of those student-athletes were also selected for induction to Chi Alpha Sigma, the National Collegiate Student-Athlete Honor Society, which recognizes both academic performance, leaderships and character for selected juniors and seniors.
In total, 30 Penn State Behrend student-athletes were chosen to become members of the Chi Alpha Sigma.
Chi Alpha Sigma Members:
McKenna Aleksivich, Sr., Women's Soccer
Colton Barger, Jr., Men's XC/T&F
Aaron Barraclough, Sr., Men's Tennis
Olivia Belack, Sr., Women's Soccer
Celeste Bentley, Sr., Women's Tennis
John Brittner, Jr., Baseball
Justin Foreman, Sr., Baseball
Rachel Frye, Sr., Women's Volleyball
Michael Funera, Jr., Men's Tennis
Katie Gozzard, Jr., Softball
Ian Griffith, Sr., Men's XC/T&F
Jordan Harakal, Sr., Women's Volleyball
Alexa Haverly, Sr., Women's XC
Lexi Irwin, Jr., Women's Volleyball
Kristen Kargol, Jr., Softball
Josh Kolarac, Sr., Men's Soccer
Paige Lorson, Sr., Women's Swimming & Diving
Jacob Marzka, Jr., Men's XC/T&F
Ryan Matlock, Sr., Men's Golf
Mason McGuire, Jr., Baseball
Nick Mckee, Jr., Men's Soccer
Phil Myers, Jr., Baseball
Jordan Oberlander, Sr., Women's Soccer
Rachel Pell, Sr., Women's XC/T&F
Scott Sada, Jr., Baseball
Laura Schaefer, Jr., Women's Soccer
Jenna Shelton, Jr., Women's XC/T&F
Troy Valkusky, Sr., Men's Water Polo
Erika Woll, Sr., Women's Basketball
Jessica Wyckoff, Jr., Women's Swimming & Diving